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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nIn celebration of the opening of the special exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy\, join Brian Piper; NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs\, Prints\, and Drawings; for a conversation about works on view in the exhibition. The gallery talk will be offered at 12:30 and 6:00 pm this day. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-curator-brian-piper-3/2025-10-29/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Orlando Hernández Ying
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nIn celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and the opening of the new special installation of Cuzco paintings in the Great Hall\, join NOMA’s Lapis Curator of the Arts of the Americas Orlando Hernández Ying  for a conversation about these works on view. This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm the same day. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-curator-orlando-hernandez-ying-2/2025-10-09/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Orlando Hernández Ying
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nIn celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and the opening of the new special installation of Cuzco paintings in the Great Hall\, join NOMA’s Lapis Curator of the Arts of the Americas Orlando Hernández Ying  for a conversation about these works on view. This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm the same day. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-curator-orlando-hernandez-ying-3/2025-10-09/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nIn celebration of the opening of the special exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy\, join Brian Piper; NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs\, Prints\, and Drawings; for a conversation about works on view in the exhibition. The gallery talk will be offered at 12:30 and 6:00 pm this day. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-curator-brian-piper-2/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Mel Buchanan\, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts & Design\, for a gallery talk on New Acquisitions in Contemporary Craft in the Elise M. Besthoff Foundation Gallery on the second floor of the museum. This talk will be offered at 12:30 and 6:00 pm the same day. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-curator-mel-buchanan-2/2025-09-24/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Orlando Hernández Ying
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Orlando Hernández Ying\, NOMA’s Lapis Curator of the Arts of the Americas\, for a gallery talk on Our Lady of Loreto in the newly-reinstalled second floor mezzanine gallery. Learn more about the upcoming Great Hall installation of grand scale Peruvian Vice-Regal paintings\, opening September 30th. \nThis gallery talk will be offered at 12:30 and 6:00 pm the next day. The 6:00pm gallery talk will be followed by a 7:00 pm combined performance and lecture by psalterist Marc Armitano Domingo in the Lapis Center for the Arts\, as part of the National Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-curator-orlando-hernandez-ying/2025-09-17/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks,Hispanic Heritage Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Dawn DeDeaux
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join artist Dawn DeDeaux for gallery talks on her work Rushed in Near Ten (2015)\, now on view in the Great Hall. DeDeaux’s talks will take place at 12:30 and 6:00. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-dawn-dedeaux/2025-09-03/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Dapper Bruce Lafitte
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join New Orleans artist Dapper Bruce Lafitte for two gallery talks on works in the exhibition Dapper Bruce Lafitte: A Time Before Katrina\, currently on view in the Great Hall. These talks will take place at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm.  \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-dapper-bruce-lafitte/2025-08-20/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Dapper Bruce Lafitte
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join New Orleans artist Dapper Bruce Lafitte for two gallery talks on works in the exhibition Dapper Bruce Lafitte: A Time Before Katrina\, currently on view in the Great Hall. These talks will take place at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm.  \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-dbl/2025-08-20/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Thameur Mejri
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join artist Thameur Mejri for a conversation about works in the exhibition Afropolitan: Contemporary African Arts at NOMA\, which features Mejri’s 2018 work titled “Untitled (Eroded Grounds).” This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Thameur Mejri\n \nThameur Mejri investigates complexities of human existence by identifying parallels between paradoxical ideas of violence\, innocence\, guilt and shame. He blurs the boundaries between public and private in an effort to confront individual and collective values\, particularly in contemporary Tunisian society. Mejri examines what happens in the painting and through the painting\, where indifference bids farewell\, and affect becomes activated; it strikes back with force. \nHe has exhibited widely\, including the 13th Cairo Biennial\, Cairo\, Egypt / Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art\, Dakar\, Senegal / The New Orleans Museum of Art\, New Orleans\, USA / The Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon\, France / N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art\, Detroit\, USA / New York International Independent Film and Video Festival\, New York\, USA / Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) L.I.\, New York\, USA. He also has had solo exhibitions at Jack Bell Gallery\, London\, UK / Gallery 1957\, Accra\, Ghana / Selma Feriani Gallery\, Tunis\, Tunisia / B7L9 Art Station. The Kamel Lazaar Foundation\, Tunis\, Tunisia / Montague Contemporary\, New York\, USA / Uitstalling Art Gallery\, Genk\, Belgium. \nMejri’s graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis\, and he is currently teaching at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Nabeul.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-thameur-mejri/2025-08-13/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join us for a gallery talk led by local artist and designer Elenora “Rukiya” Brown on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. \nRukiya will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first will take place from 12:30-1:00 pm\, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Elenora “Rukiya” Brown\nRukiya is an artist and designer\, recognized among her peers and protégés for fusing both historical influence from People of Color traditions with contemporary times. She is internationally known for making beautiful “soft sculptures” Mardi Gras InJun suits. Featured with her is one of her personal dolls from the Unclaimed Memories Hurricane Katrina collection. \nRukiya calls her art a type of therapy—that healing begins with herself and goes out to others. All of her artwork is an offering to the community of Color\, to inform and inspire based on her research\, weaving in the majesty of life. Rukiya treats none of her creations as a “job” in the traditional sense; it’s more the joy of the experience while doing. She is perhaps then a mixed media artist in the truest form. \nGifted as a quilter and storyteller of quilts\, art and fashion designer\, and master beader as well\, her talents are sought by novices\, major art enthusiasts\, and wealthy collectors. Rukiya has participated in New Orleans JazzFest for many years\, winning numerous awards. She is acknowledging her Chahta American Indian bloodline ancestry. She masks with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux’s Golden Eagles tribe\, and she fully represents the New Orleans culture of masking Mardi Gras InJun. \nRukiya’s Mardi Gras InJun suit When People Could Fly (2014) was acquired by the New Orleans Museum of Art. The White Buffalo Calf Woman (2017) suit is a part of the permanent exhibit at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac\, in Paris\, France. The Metamorphosis (2013) was featured in Tina Freeman’s award-winning book\, Artist Spaces:NEW Orleans (Louisiana Artists).
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-elenora-rukiya-brown/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join us for a gallery talk led by local artist and designer Elenora “Rukiya” Brown on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. \nRukiya will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first will take place from 12:30-1:00 pm\, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Elenora “Rukiya” Brown\nRukiya is an artist and designer\, recognized among her peers and protégés for fusing both historical influence from People of Color traditions with contemporary times. She is internationally known for making beautiful “soft sculptures” Mardi Gras InJun suits. Featured with her is one of her personal dolls from the Unclaimed Memories Hurricane Katrina collection. \nRukiya calls her art a type of therapy—that healing begins with herself and goes out to others. All of her artwork is an offering to the community of Color\, to inform and inspire based on her research\, weaving in the majesty of life. Rukiya treats none of her creations as a “job” in the traditional sense; it’s more the joy of the experience while doing. She is perhaps then a mixed media artist in the truest form. \nGifted as a quilter and storyteller of quilts\, art and fashion designer\, and master beader as well\, her talents are sought by novices\, major art enthusiasts\, and wealthy collectors. Rukiya has participated in New Orleans JazzFest for many years\, winning numerous awards. She is acknowledging her Chahta American Indian bloodline ancestry. She masks with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux’s Golden Eagles tribe\, and she fully represents the New Orleans culture of masking Mardi Gras InJun. \nRukiya’s Mardi Gras InJun suit When People Could Fly (2014) was acquired by the New Orleans Museum of Art. The White Buffalo Calf Woman (2017) suit is a part of the permanent exhibit at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac\, in Paris\, France. The Metamorphosis (2013) was featured in Tina Freeman’s award-winning book\, Artist Spaces:NEW Orleans (Louisiana Artists).
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-new-african-masquerades-artistic-innovations-and-collaborations-2/2025-08-06/
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Jer'Lisa Devezin
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Creative Assembly member Jer’Lisa Devezin  for a conversation about Leonardo Drew’s piece Number 59S. This talk will be held at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Jer’Lisa Devezin\nJer’Lisa Devezin\, Creative Assembly 2025 \nJer’Lisa J. Devezin is an artist and educator born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans\, LA. She earned her BA from Dillard University and MFA from Southern Methodist University. Heavily influenced by her upbringing in the city\, Jer’Lisa’s work engages research through a black feminist lens centering identity\, sexuality\, Black studies\, and Southern culture\, specifically focusing on New Orleans and socioeconomics. Devezin’s practice integrates ceramic and sculptural processes such as welded steel\, woven forms\, cast slip\, plaster\, and metal. Her research on materials like clay\, metal\, and fibers engages with the function of materiality and is intentionally used to coexist and initiate conversations between the viewer and the work. Devezin is based in New Orleans and works as an Assistant Professor of Art at Tulane University.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-jerlisa-devezin/2025-07-30/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Owen Canter
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Owen Canter for a conversation about the history of Palissy ware. This talk will be held at 6:00 pm in the Decorative Arts galleries. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-owen-canter/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Laura Moreno
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Museum Educator Laura Moreno for a conversation about Carlos Rolón’s “Losa Criolla” located in the NOMA 2nd Floor elevator lobby. This talk will be held at 12:30 pm. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-laura-moreno/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Lavonna Varnado-Brown
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Creative Assembly member Lavonna Varnado-Brown on the Second Floor Mezzanine to discuss the Black Madonnas in the exhibition Carlo Saraceni’s “Our Lady of Loreto” and Peruvian Viceregal Statue Paintings. Varrnado-Brown will highlight Saraceni’s work “Our Lady of Loreto/Nuestra Señora de Loreto\,” exploring themes of the divine feminine\, Syncretism\, and the artist’s influences. We will reflect on the gradual process of adoption and adaptation of this iconography by Indigenous and Mestizo artists in Viceregal Peru in the creation of Marian images. In the past\, “Our Lady of Loreto” has been exhibited as a Peruvian work created during the Viceregal Period (1542-1824)\, and NOMA has played a crucial role in  exhibiting the work more accurately as Italian Baroque painting dated to 1600\, created while the Venetian artist was active in Rome. \nThis talk will be held at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Lavonna Varnado-Brown\nLavonna Varnado-Brown\, Creative Assembly 2025 \nLaVonna Varnado Brown is a multidisciplinary artist and community worker.She earned a BA from Southeastern University Louisiana with a focus on Theatre and Liberal Arts. After studying abroad in London and Paris in the summer of 2009\, LaVonna has worked as an installation artist\, artist advocate\, teaching artist\, and tutor in and around New Orleans. LaVonna creates mixed media visual art that is AfroFutiristic in aesthetic with odes to history\, the Divine Feminine\, and floral daydreams abounding. AfroFuturism is a cultural aesthetic that explores the intersection of art and history with intention to inspire action in the now by healing beyond trauma. In addition to creating multimedia works\, LaVonna curates intentional workshops and expos with a focus on healing and raising spatial awareness. Through her work she hopes to uplift the narrative of rest\, joy\, resistance\, and abundance.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-lavonna-varnado-brown/2025-07-16/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Tony Yeboah: "West African Ontology of Space and the Architecture of Community"
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Tony Yeboah\, Tulane University Faculty Fellow of African Art History\, for a gallery talk on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. The title of his talk is “West African Ontology of Space and the Architecture of Community” \nYeboah will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first from 12:30-1:00 pm\, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Tony Yeboah\nTony Yeboah is Assistant Professor of African Art History at Tulane University. His current research supported by the Mellon Foundation and the Betty and Whitney MacMillan Center of Yale University\, utilizes local-centered methodologies to reclaim African ontologies of space. Tony’s research examines the entangled themes of colonial power\, the built environment\, and community-making in one of the greatest West African capitals\, Kumase. Tony is a contributor for the OER\, (Open Educational Resources)\, a project of the Gates Ventures. His works have appeared in edited volumes and in numerous peer-reviewed journals and popular avenues including History in Africa\, Journal of West African History\, History Education Research Journal\, the Conversation\, and Nursing Clio.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-tony-yeboah-west-african-ontology-of-space-and-the-architecture-of-community-2/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Tony Yeboah: "West African Ontology of Space and the Architecture of Community"
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Tony Yeboah\, Tulane University Faculty Fellow of African Art History\, for a gallery talk on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. The title of his talk is “West African Ontology of Space and the Architecture of Community” \nYeboah will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first from 12:30-1:00 pm\, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Tony Yeboah\nTony Yeboah is Assistant Professor of African Art History at Tulane University. His current research supported by the Mellon Foundation and the Betty and Whitney MacMillan Center of Yale University\, utilizes local-centered methodologies to reclaim African ontologies of space. Tony’s research examines the entangled themes of colonial power\, the built environment\, and community-making in one of the greatest West African capitals\, Kumase. Tony is a contributor for the OER\, (Open Educational Resources)\, a project of the Gates Ventures. His works have appeared in edited volumes and in numerous peer-reviewed journals and popular avenues including History in Africa\, Journal of West African History\, History Education Research Journal\, the Conversation\, and Nursing Clio.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-tony-yeboah/2025-07-09/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Musical Encounters
DESCRIPTION:On select Wednesdays\, NOMA presents a new series of gallery talks featuring conversations with musicians about their creative processes\, followed by a short\, intimate performance inspired by a work on view at the museum.  This iteration of Musical Encounters will feature music by Sam Dickey. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/musical-encounters/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Performances,Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Erika Witt
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Erika Witt\, Director and Chief Curator of Southern University at New Orleans Museum of Art\, for a gallery talk on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. \nWitt will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first from 12:30-1:00 PM\, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Erika Witt\nErika Witt is the Director and Chief Curator of the Southern University at New Orleans Museum of Art (SUNOMA) and serves as an adjunct professor in SUNO’s Master of Arts in Museum Studies program. She specializes in traditional African art and Egyptology\, with a focus on preserving and interpreting African material culture within museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Erika’s work emphasizes the importance of accessibility\, representation\, and cultural continuity across academic and museum settings. Her mission is to make museums and global heritage inclusive and accessible—particularly for communities historically excluded from institutional narratives. Through exhibitions\, public programming\, and academic engagement\, her curatorial practice foregrounds representation\, cultural stewardship\, and diasporic storytelling.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-erika-witt-2/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Erika Witt
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Erika Witt\, Director and Chief Curator of Southern University at New Orleans Museum of Art\, for a gallery talk on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. \nWitt will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first from 12:30-1:00 PM\, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout Erika Witt\nErika Witt is the Director and Chief Curator of the Southern University at New Orleans Museum of Art (SUNOMA) and serves as an adjunct professor in SUNO’s Master of Arts in Museum Studies program. She specializes in traditional African art and Egyptology\, with a focus on preserving and interpreting African material culture within museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Erika’s work emphasizes the importance of accessibility\, representation\, and cultural continuity across academic and museum settings. Her mission is to make museums and global heritage inclusive and accessible—particularly for communities historically excluded from institutional narratives. Through exhibitions\, public programming\, and academic engagement\, her curatorial practice foregrounds representation\, cultural stewardship\, and diasporic storytelling.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-erika-witt/2025-06-11/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talks Every Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talks/2025-06-04/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250514T130000
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk: New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join for a gallery talk on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-new-african-masquerades-artistic-innovations-and-collaborations/2025-05-14/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Brian Piper\, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs\, Prints\, and Drawings\, for a gallery talk on the exhibition Delicate Sights: Photography and Glass. This talk will be offered at 12:30 and 6:00 pm. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-curator-brian-piper/2025-05-07/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Tour with Curator Brian Piper
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Brian Piper\, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs\, Prints\, and Drawings\, for a tour of the exhibition Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan\, Mississippi Watershed. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \nFollowing the tour\, join Piper and artist Nicolas Floc’h for a conversation in the second-floor Frederick R. Weisman Galleries.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/tour-with-curator-brian-piper/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Artist Nicolas Floc’h
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join artist Nicolas Floc’h for a conversation about the exhibition Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan\, Mississippi Watershed. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \nLater this day\, join curator Brian Piper and Floc’h for a program in the second-floor Frederick R. Weisman Galleries.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-with-artist-nicolas-floch/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Musical Encounters: Amina Scott
DESCRIPTION:On select Wednesdays\, NOMA presents a new series of gallery talks featuring conversations with musicians about their creative processes\, followed by a short\, intimate performance inspired by a work on view at the museum. \nThis week\, join Amina Scott at 6 pm. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \nSave the date for future Musical Encounters on June 25 and July 16. \n\nFrom the Artist\nAmina Scott\, born and raised in Oakland\, CA\, is an upright and electric bassist\, composer\, and arranger. Her interest in music began at an early age when her grandmother began giving her piano lessons. From then\, her love and passion for music has yet to cease\, playing electric bass when she was 12 years old and was soon playing gigs with local bands in Oakland. She relocated to New Orleans in 2012 where she quickly became a part of the vibrant music scene. In 2017\, Scott joined the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose. Now based in New Orleans\, Scott leads her own band and she has performed and toured with various artists including Nicholas Payton\, Steve Turre\, Joanne Brackeen\, Don Vappie\, Herlin Riley\, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah\, and more. She currently tours with a quartet\, spearheaded by Dee Dee Bridgewater\, called WE EXIST!\, as well as with the DDB Big Band where she serves as an arranger and as the bassist. Scott continues to forge her own path as a trailblazing artist\, Ranging from many musical influences\, she is able to express her journey into Black womanhood and capture the trials and tribulations of her career thus far. While staying true to the musical lineage as well as herself\, Scott is able to captivate audiences around the world with her music and her story. Her debut album Where The Wild Seed Grows is out now on all platforms.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/musical-encounters-amina-scott/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Performances,Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Amanda M. Maples
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Amanda M. Maples\, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art\, for a gallery talk on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-masquerade-01/2025-04-09/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper
DESCRIPTION:Every week\, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators\, artists\, and other special guests. These lively\, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view. \nThis week\, join Brian Piper\, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs\, Prints\, and Drawings\, for a gallery talk on the exhibition Delicate Sights: Photography and Glass. This talk will be offered at 12:30 and 6:00 pm. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gallery-talk-delicate-sights/2025-04-02/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Musical Encounters: Dr. Michael White
DESCRIPTION:On select Wednesdays\, NOMA presents a new series of gallery talks featuring conversations with musicians about their creative processes\, followed by a short\, intimate performance inspired by a work on view at the museum. \nThis week\, join Dr. Michael White at 6 pm. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nAbout the Artist\nDr. Michael White is an accomplished\, multi-faceted New Orleans-based clarinetist\, bandleader\, composer\, musicologist\, jazz historian\, and educator widely regarded as one of the leading authorities and culture-bearers of traditional New Orleans jazz music. He has performed in over two dozen foreign countries\, played on over 50 recordings\, received countless awards\, made multiple national television appearances\, and been featured in major media publications.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/musical-encounters-dr-michael-white/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Performances,Gallery Talks
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